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© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Prologue: First Thoughts 1
  5. Part I . The Bureaucrat’s Tale
  6. Introduction: John Lydus: A Man and His Book 11
  7. 1 All the Prefect’s Men 18
  8. 2 The Competition for Spoils 64
  9. Part II. Ruler s and Ruled
  10. Introduction: Passages from the Principate to Late Antiquity 107
  11. 3 Standing in Line 114
  12. 4 Purchasing Power 138
  13. 5 Autocracy and Bureaucracy 186
  14. Epilogue: Last Judgments 232
  15. Notes 247
  16. Bibliography 301
  17. Index 327
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Ruling the Later Roman Empire
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Prologue: First Thoughts 1
  5. Part I . The Bureaucrat’s Tale
  6. Introduction: John Lydus: A Man and His Book 11
  7. 1 All the Prefect’s Men 18
  8. 2 The Competition for Spoils 64
  9. Part II. Ruler s and Ruled
  10. Introduction: Passages from the Principate to Late Antiquity 107
  11. 3 Standing in Line 114
  12. 4 Purchasing Power 138
  13. 5 Autocracy and Bureaucracy 186
  14. Epilogue: Last Judgments 232
  15. Notes 247
  16. Bibliography 301
  17. Index 327
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